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Bezirk Oberklettgau

Schaffhausen

Bezirk Oberklettgau is one of 6 districts of the canton of Schaffhausen and comprises 3 municipalities with 5'405 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN

Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in Bezirk Oberklettgau

district results as published by BFS
14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)FederalAccepted · 52.5% Yes
60.4% YesNo 39.6%
14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»FederalRejected · 45.2% Yes
57.8% YesNo 42.2%
14.06.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Schaffhausen (Finanzrechtliche Befugnisse)Cantonal SHAccepted · 66.8% Yes
69.7% YesNo 30.3%
08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederalAccepted · 54.3% Yes
37.0% YesNo 63.0%
08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»FederalRejected · 38.1% Yes
49.4% YesNo 50.6%
08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederalRejected · 37.4% Yes
41.6% YesNo 58.4%
All federal votes
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP46.6% · strongest party
SVP46.6%
SP21.3%
FDP10.9%
GLP6.1%
EVP4.0%
Übrige3.9%
GRÜNE3.1%
EDU2.2%
Mitte1.9%
Löhningen
93 %
median of its municipalities
99 %
Gächlingen
115 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 93 % % in Löhningen to 115 % % in Gächlingen (median 99 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 12.2 % in Löhningen to 13.5 % in Gächlingen (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
1.2 %
Dwellings
2'584
Avg. rooms
4.3
Built before 1946
30.2%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
+74 +1.4%
births
37
deaths
37
net migration
+71
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
1'476
Workplaces
322
Services share
51.8 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 187 (12.7%) · Secondary 524 (35.5%) · Tertiary 765 (51.8%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
52
Organic share
9.6 %
Farmland
1'645 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
9.1 °C
Precipitation
918 mm
Elevation
398–862 m
Flat share
53.8%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
55 GWh
Electricity
30.8 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
83 min
Road to centre
62 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (30.82330.823 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

MunicipalitiesLargest municipalitiesForeign residentsTax burden
Neunkirch6/2613/2615/26
Löhningen11/2617/2610/26
Gächlingen14/2618/2624/26

Map

swisstopo · OSM
Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Oberklettgau?
Bezirk Oberklettgau comprises 3 municipalities: Neunkirch, Löhningen, Gächlingen. Together they have 5'405 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Bezirk Oberklettgau in?
Bezirk Oberklettgau lies in the canton of Schaffhausen, which is divided into 6 districts.
How many people live in Bezirk Oberklettgau?
Bezirk Oberklettgau has 5'405 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 3 municipalities; the largest is Neunkirch with 2'704.
Does Bezirk Oberklettgau have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Oberklettgau the municipal rate ranges from 93 % (Löhningen) to 115 % (Gächlingen).
How did Bezirk Oberklettgau vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Oberklettgau voted 60.4 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.

Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.